Wall St opens lower as AI jitters return, oil rises
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday as growth stocks came under renewed pressure after earnings from mega-caps Tesla and Meta did little to dispel doubts about AI
October 22, 2026Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday as growth stocks came under renewed pressure after earnings from mega-caps Tesla and Meta did little to dispel doubts about AI
October 22, 2026The premium investors demand to hold French government debt over safe-haven German Bunds widened to its highest in 15 years on Thursday, as concerns over France's
October 22, 2026Spotify forecast fourth-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, banking on its AI-powered features to drive user growth ahead of the crucial
October 22, 2026The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to near 57-year lows last week amid low layoffs, suggesting a modest pickup
October 22, 2026Comcast on Thursday flagged more than $1 billion in charges for the fourth quarter as it changes its organizational structure, ahead of the planned spinoff of its NBCUniversal
October 22, 2026Procter & Gamble on Thursday warned that rising raw material, energy and freight costs would take a bigger bite out of annual profit, even
October 22, 2026The outlook for European companies has slightly improved, the latest LSEG forecasts showed on Thursday, as energy majors are expected to deliver a big jump in third-quarter profit
October 22, 2026Euro zone consumer confidence fell by 1.1 points in October from the September number, figures released on Thursday showed.
October 22, 2026Rony Amaral, 71, is terrified right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro will slash healthcare and pension spending if he wins
October 22, 2026The cost of insuring Meta Platforms' debt against default touched an all-time high on Thursday, as investors grappled with concerns about its plan to spend more
October 22, 2026Nippon Steel will invest about $3 billion in the U.S.
October 22, 2026NATO allies Canada and Turkey upgraded their relations to a "strategic partnership" during the first bilateral visit by a Canadian prime
October 22, 2026Britain will assess public investment projects in the same area together rather than individually, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Thursday, part of a
October 22, 2026Taco Bell sticks with Pepsi as sister chain switches to Coke
October 22, 2026Major US banks have been blocking third-party AI agents from operating inside customer accounts and making transactions, two people familiar with the situation said, following a
October 22, 2026Truck drivers' protests that have seriously affected fuel and food supplies in southern Italy eased on Thursday, as Prime Minister
October 22, 2026British pension funds could have greater exposure to AI-related risks than trustees realise, Britain's pensions regulator said on Thursday, and urged them to challenge
October 22, 2026US airlines are entering the final quarter of the year with a central problem: resilient passenger traffic and sharply higher fares have not been enough to fully
October 22, 2026The London Stock Exchange Group will buy credit data firm Octus for $3.54 billion, it said on Thursday, marking its biggest acquisition in seven years as it seeks to bolster
October 22, 2026Dow forecast fourth-quarter adjusted core profit above market expectations, betting that higher polyethylene prices and its cost-cutting measures would offset the
October 22, 2026Cuba's Transportation Minister Eduardo Rodriguez Davila faces daily what appears to be mission impossible: moving millions of people by plane, train and
October 22, 2026Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers will warn of softer economic growth and higher unemployment as interest rates remain high and inflation proves stubborn, according to
October 22, 2026Union Pacific beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by core pricing gains, but flagged a hit from higher fuel prices.
October 22, 2026Norfolk Southern beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter adjusted profit on Thursday, as the railroad operator benefited from strong freight demand, despite higher fuel costs
October 22, 2026U.S. unemployment claims fell to 194,000 last week, the fewest in three months and another sign that layoffs remain low and most Americans enjoy extraordinary job security
October 22, 2026A new report shows President Donald Trump's administration has sharply increased deportations over the past year
October 22, 2026The pound edged up on Thursday, as outflows from euro zone assets saw UK stocks, bonds and the currency outperform other markets in the region.
October 22, 2026Europe's STOXX 600 posted its steepest decline in three weeks on Thursday, dragged lower by weakness in bank shares, while higher oil prices and
October 22, 2026Singapore's domestic and overseas wealth pool has expanded steadily over the past year, with average assets among the country's high-net-worth clients rising 6% to $1.5 million, a
October 22, 2026Prediction market operators Kalshi, Polymarket and their founders have given at least $5 million combined to Republican and Democratic political
October 22, 2026A neatly packed cardboard box of pasta, dry beans, canned goods and powdered milk made Tonya King cry.
October 22, 2026A new survey by healthcare research nonprofit KFF reveals that people relying on employer-sponsored health insurance are paying more for coverage this year
October 22, 2026US President Donald Trump signed an executive order this month to expand access to tax-exempt diesel as soaring prices frustrate voters ahead of midterm
October 22, 2026Nestle reported better-than-expected organic sales growth for the third quarter on Thursday, pushing the Swiss packaged food maker's shares around 1.5%
October 22, 2026Output in Britain's manufacturing sector is expected to stabilise in the next three months despite a dip in orders in October, a Confederation of British Industry survey
October 22, 2026US President Donald Trump's moves in recent weeks to ease economic pressure on Russia while stepping up criticism of Ukraine have triggered bipartisan
October 22, 2026Lockheed Martin has entered an initial production and sustainment agreement with the Department of Defense for at least 850 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets over the next 10 years,
October 22, 2026Barclays said it is cutting around 5,000 jobs or 5% of its workforce this year, as it uses technology such as AI to slash fixed costs and improve returns.
October 22, 2026Britain's FTSE 100 fell on Thursday, pressured by banks and mining stocks as investors weighed more corporate results against a backdrop of elevated oil prices and persistent
October 22, 2026Tesla's shares fell 2% on Thursday after the EV maker cut its capital spending forecast, raising concerns among investors counting on heavy investment for Elon Musk's AI and
October 22, 2026Artificial intelligence could boost global growth, but poorer countries, smaller companies and younger workers risk missing out unless access to power, digital
October 22, 2026A possible merger between Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX and carmaker Tesla may face bigger obstacles from politics than from regulation,
October 22, 2026Getting health insurance from your job will be extra pricey for 2027
October 22, 2026US orders departure of some embassy staff and families from Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat
October 21, 2026Barclays said on Thursday it was cutting around 5,000 jobs, or 5% of its workforce, this year, as it uses technology such as AI to reduce fixed costs and improve overall
October 22, 2026Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's big-tent coalition has given him almost unchecked power for two years, but mass food poisoning and graft linked to
October 22, 2026Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund said it had been "slightly cautious" on the equity markets and some of the larger Big Tech
October 22, 2026The London Stock Exchange Group on Thursday agreed to buy financial data firm Octus for about $3.54 billion, its biggest acquisition since the 2019 deal for Refinitiv as the group
February 11, 2026Essity is seeing greater weakness among the US restaurants it supplies than the European ones, the CEO of the Swedish hygiene products maker said
October 22, 2026Taiwan's TSMC is exploring alternatives to rare-earth components in factory equipment, three people familiar with the matter said,
October 22, 2026The Greek finance ministry said on Thursday it was implementing sanctions in place linked to Iran and that it backed efforts to effectively combat money laundering and the
October 22, 2026Japanese investors sold foreign bonds for a fifth straight week, their longest selling streak in four years, marking the latest sign of a potential shift in allocation strategy as
October 22, 2026Elon Musk’s potential mega-merger of Tesla and SpaceX would likely face a China-shaped hurdle from regulators on both sides of the Pacific over concerns about national security and
October 22, 2026Taiwan issued a land warning on Thursday as powerful Typhoon Champi approached, prompting more than 200 flight cancellations in the region and forcing changes to a
October 22, 2026Russia has deepened a crackdown on European companies in response to Europe's support for Ukraine, while largely sparing US firms as Moscow courts business
October 21, 2026Serbian activist Marko Marjanovic was on his way back from the supermarket in Belgrade when masked officers bundled him into a car and took him to a
October 22, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Jiaxing Li. French bonds remain in hot water.
October 22, 2026Beijing-based quant fund Lingjun Investment's offshore arm has attracted at least $300 million from US and Southeast Asian investors, a top
October 22, 2026Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on Thursday that four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the northern Persian Gulf were simultaneously hit and
October 22, 2026The Bank of Korea kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday but maintained a hawkish stance by upgrading its economic growth
October 22, 2026All countries should enjoy freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, China and Djibouti said in a joint statement following a meeting of
October 21, 2026Santos lowered the upper end of its annual production and sales volume forecasts on Thursday after disruptions at its Pikka oil project in
October 21, 2026Major Japanese banks are seeing increased demand for funds among corporate borrowers compared with three months ago, a central bank survey showed on Thursday,
October 21, 2026Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall says Ukraine’s war with Russia — and not the U.S. war with Iran — has caused high diesel prices
October 22, 2026Comcast Corp is planning a significant number of job cuts as part of a restructuring of its cable-TV, broadband and wireless businesses, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing
October 21, 2026Australia must pay close attention to tax incentives and business-friendly measures offered by countries such as Canada if it wants to compete more effectively for global investment
October 21, 2026The Australian Securities Exchange's chair said on Thursday the company had reached a turning point in addressing its regulatory troubles, and maintained
October 21, 2026The US Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday it confirmed the first detection of flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in US wildlife in an
October 21, 2026Australia's Fortescue warned on Thursday its operations could be hit if talks with China's state-backed buyer did not conclude by year-end, as the world's fourth-largest
October 21, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have raised costs for American families and upended decades of trade as he unveiled a $6.2 billion plan to protect Canada’s manufacturing heartland
October 21, 2026There were only a few flights by Saudi carriers from the Saudi capital's airport on Wednesday, even as Saudi authorities declared it's open for business
October 21, 2026US pipeline operator Kinder Morgan said on Wednesday it has approved a total of $4.7 billion as its share of investments in two major natural gas pipeline joint
October 21, 2026New Zealand's annual inflation slowed in the third quarter, coming in below analysts' forecasts at 3.7%, but remained above the top end of the central
October 21, 2026The shock of oil prices at a five-month high of $110 a barrel and gas prices in Asia and Europe hitting their highest levels since
October 21, 2026Tesla posted a drop in profit for the latest quarter as it prepares for a possible merger with Elon Musk’s other big business, SpaceX
October 21, 2026Meta Platforms says its third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold, as revenue climbed sharply
October 21, 2026Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico case over Cambridge Analytica scandal
October 21, 2026California state workers began a one-day strike Wednesday, urging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration to agree to a new contract that increases workers’ pay, ensures affordable healthcare access and allows more flexibility for remote work
October 21, 2026Mattel said on Wednesday it has added a top executive of its largest shareholder, EdgePoint Investment Group, to its board of directors as the toymaker grapples with weak
October 21, 2026Bank of America announced two new board members on Wednesday, appointing Jim Fitterling, 65, and Bill Thomas, 58, effective immediately.
October 21, 2026Buoyant AI sentiment on the back of quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer lifted Wall Street on Wednesday, as relatively calm
October 21, 2026Southwest Airlines sharply cut its annual profit forecast on Wednesday, as surging fuel costs overshadowed gains from higher
October 21, 2026The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm
October 21, 2026Walmart on Wednesday intrduced new tools that will allow artificial intelligence agents to shop and complete transactions for customers, as the retailer seeks
October 21, 2026Meta introduced new non-voting shares on Wednesday to help fund the social media giant's costly AI expansion, as executives laid out their vision
October 21, 2026U.S. stocks climbed following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies
October 21, 2026Dan Gilbert, co-founder of Rocket Mortgage, says he will contribute $1 billion to redevelop Detroit's Renaissance Center
October 21, 2026Stocks of Elon Musk's two biggest companies are rising Wednesday after he suggested a combination was in the works to form a trillion dollar colossus in possibly the biggest deal ever
October 21, 2026Chevron is exploring the sale of some of its older oil and gas assets in the US Gulf, the company confirmed to Reuters, part of an
October 21, 2026The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street to a higher close on Wednesday after quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer improved investor
October 21, 2026For right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, his biggest strength is also his greatest weakness: the Bolsonaro family name.
October 21, 2026A Tunisian military court sentenced opposition politician Olfa Hamdi to four years in prison on charges of plotting against state security and inciting the
October 21, 2026President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Wednesday to prevent a repeat of last weekend's violence at protests planned in the coming days,
October 21, 2026Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people with participating in a long-running scheme to allegedly arrange hundreds of sham marriages in
October 21, 2026European leaders will seek to agree on how to finance Ukraine's €70 billion unmet needs in 2027 at a special summit on November 26 and 27 where they will also discuss the
October 21, 2026Kentucky program moves 100 people from homelessness into permanent housing
October 21, 2026A protest by Italian truck drivers over fuel prices and the cost of living is causing food shortages in shops, with deliveries disrupted and fresh produce rotting, retailers
October 21, 2026The US dollar index dipped on Wednesday as traders weighed renewed oil-driven inflation risks and waited for next week's Federal Reserve meeting, while
October 21, 2026United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said on Wednesday the carrier expects fuel prices to remain elevated throughout 2027.
October 21, 2026Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt's military support for Saudi Arabia would be limited to defending the kingdom's territory and borders and would not include
October 21, 2026Colombia's government said on Wednesday it will enact its 2027 budget of 634.9 trillion pesos ($198.83 billion) by decree after a procedural error in Congress derailed final
October 21, 2026Global warming is making the El Niño weather pattern stronger, and that’s prolonging a devastating drought across a region of Central America known as the Dry Corridor
October 21, 2026Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Europe’s lagging artificial intelligence industry to get going and touted a modular system to quickly build the AI data centers with the massive computing power Europe currently lacks
October 21, 2026Members of India's rate-setting panel indicated that further rate hikes may be needed to curb inflation but stopped short of endorsing an aggressive tightening cycle over
October 21, 2026Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets across Greece on Wednesday, demanding higher state funding for education, better facilities and less-crowded
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October 21, 2026Philip Morris International flagged growing pressure from conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine on Wednesday and said it now expects to land in
October 21, 2026Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer improved appetite for AI stocks, while Netflix slipped after its
October 21, 2026The Bank of Israel left short-term interest rates unchanged at 3.25% on Wednesday, opting to hold ahead of the country's election next week and amid
October 21, 2026Netflix's cut to its advertising sales forecast is fuelling concerns that its growth engine is losing steam, threatening the edge that made it a
October 21, 2026Nigeria will increasingly turn to private investors at home and abroad to finance its next phase of growth rather than relying on state borrowing, Finance
October 21, 2026Humanity is losing more ground in its fight against climate change
October 21, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed meeting US President Donald Trump in China as he welcomed Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff at talks in St Petersburg on Wednesday
October 21, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin met US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported.
October 21, 2026Super Micro Computer jumped more than 11% on Wednesday after it forecast quarterly revenue and profit margin comfortably above Wall Street estimates, signaling that AI data center
October 21, 2026It was hard to keep track of global markets from hour to hour on Tuesday, with Brent crude hitting fresh five-month highs before plunging, which rippled through tech-
October 21, 2026Euro zone bond yields rose on Wednesday, led by another increase in French borrowing costs to their highest since mid-2002, as widespread
October 21, 2026Dutch beer company Heineken said on Wednesday a Dutch court had awarded Macedonian Thrace Brewery €111 million ($125 million) in damages and interest in a case it brought
October 21, 2026Tucked away in the green foothills of the Austrian Alps, the last fully integrated European penicillin plant faces an
October 21, 2026Russia will dispatch its first tanker with diesel for the United States on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, according to the Vedomosti news outlet,
October 21, 2026OpenAI will make its frontier artificial intelligence models and Codex coding agent available through Google Cloud in the coming weeks, the companies said on Wednesday
October 21, 2026Choosing a full-size pickup truck is harder in 2027
October 21, 2026Trump’s approval rating hits a new low as midterms enter final stretch: CNN poll
October 21, 2026Inflation in the U.K. has risen to its highest rate in almost a year as the Iran war continues to drive up fuel prices
October 21, 2026British annual house prices rose at their weakest annual pace since March in August, according to official data published on Wednesday that also showed growth in average
October 21, 2026France's 10-year government bond yield hit the 5% mark on Wednesday, a new 24-year high, the latest sign of growing concern among investors over France's
October 21, 2026Hungary's government hopes a front-loaded budget adjustment geared towards spending cuts will pave the way for a sustainable reduction in the deficit
October 21, 2026Two Ukrainians over 80 years old were among four killed in overnight Russian attacks that also targeted energy facilities across four regions, officials said, hours after US
October 21, 2026The euro zone economy has weathered this year's energy shock better than expected, with lower dependence on fossil fuels, stronger fiscal support and an AI investment
October 21, 2026Adidas shares rose almost 3% on Wednesday after the German sportswear group raised its full-year outlook on the back of unscheduled
October 21, 2026Investors flocked to Jio Platforms’ $3.2 billion IPO on Wednesday, with bids covering the shares on offer in under two
October 20, 2026European shares rose on Wednesday, recouping nearly all of their losses since the weekend turmoil in France as strong earnings encouraged investors to
October 21, 2026Trump welcomes Britain’s decision to approve new North Sea gas field
October 21, 2026President Donald Trump's deal with Russia to supply diesel to US and global markets is unlikely to meaningfully lower
October 21, 2026Target on Wednesday announced a holiday strategy centered on affordability as consumers strain under rising cost of living, featuring what it called “luxe for less” items like
October 21, 2026EU tech regulators will investigate whether online hotel reservation website Booking.com is doing enough to weed out fraudulent listings and phishing scams
October 21, 2026As OpenAI executives step up their public calls for federal AI safety rules, a political group the company’s president helped fund is spending millions
October 21, 2026Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is actively pursuing former officials accused of corruption and power abuses
October 21, 2026Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing for military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a
October 21, 2026As anger boiled over in Spain about the death of Maricarmen Abascal two weeks after the 87-year-old pensioner was evicted from her
October 21, 2026Texas Democrats' best chance at a statewide win in more than three decades is facing a wall of Republican money,
October 21, 2026Indonesia's central bank held its main interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight policy review on Wednesday, but hiked the deposit facility rate, as the country's stock
October 21, 2026Software and digital technology are set to overtake traditional vehicle engineering as the key battleground in the automotive industry by 2035, while China is
October 21, 2026Halfords shares fell as much as 10% on Wednesday after the British bicycle and car parts retailer maintained its full-year outlook despite a strong first half, adding to investor
October 21, 2026A union representing workers at a Micron plant in Taiwan said it would proceed with a planned strike on Thursday, even as the US memory chipmaker reached a
October 21, 2026OPmobility reported higher third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, even as the French car parts supplier restructures its business amid broader
October 21, 2026British inflation rose by more than expected last month, according to data that is likely to intensify calls for support for households in next week's budget and add to the
October 21, 2026Getty Images filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, formalizing restructuring plans unveiled more than a week ago as part of its move to go private.
October 21, 2026US federal agents are investigating reports that an incendiary device was thrown at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday
October 21, 2026The European Central Bank can strengthen the euro's global role and amplify the reach of its monetary policy by providing liquidity safety nets to foreign countries, ECB
October 21, 2026Global warming is now projected to exceed previous estimates, with even the most optimistic scenario seeing average temperatures rise to 1.7-1.8 degrees
October 21, 2026Japan's underlying inflation is quite close to the central bank's 2% target and financial conditions remain loose, Deputy Bank of Japan Governor Ryozo Himino
October 21, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Just days after strapping thrusters onto the new Roadster, Elon Musk may be about to repeat the stunt for real this
October 21, 2026Anthropic's net loss widened sharply to $80.7 billion in the first half of this year, in large part due to a rise in the fair value of bonds convertible into shares of
October 20, 2026Soaring euro zone government borrowing costs are reviving fears of a replay of the debt crisis that 15 years ago rocked the bloc.
October 21, 2026Federal prosecutors say a Guatemalan man who was extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to a smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants dead was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday
October 20, 2026Japan’s trade deficit has reached 2.81 trillion yen, or $17.8 billion, for the first fiscal half, according to government data, as the war in Iran sent oil import prices soaring
October 21, 2026Australian data centre operator NextDC shed nearly half of its market value on Wednesday after sharply cutting revenue forecasts for
October 21, 2026Israel has become a Pacific Islands Forum partner, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on X, describing the move as part of the country's broader effort to strengthen
October 21, 2026When Vice President JD Vance speaks on the campaign trail about the high costs Americans are facing, he often says he understands that people are hurting
October 21, 2026Japan's economy is seeing price rises driven by higher import costs and on the cusp of shifting to a period of sustained inflation driven by rising wages,
October 20, 2026Japan's exports rose 16.7% in September from the same month a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, as strong demand for semiconductors and AI
October 20, 2026Japanese exports in September rose 16.7% year-on-year, up for a 13th straight month, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Wednesday.
October 20, 2026A top Australian central banker on Wednesday said tighter monetary policy was working to slow the economy but the inflation outlook had still
October 20, 2026Voters in Alberta have overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with four-fifths of votes counted showing 75% support for staying
October 20, 2026AI data center construction projects, particularly near Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, DC, are generating new demand for warehouse space and helped
October 20, 2026President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would reward tipsters who uncover fraud in US government programs, launching the initiative by announcing a
October 20, 2026The US Department of Agriculture plans to resume cattle imports from Mexico at two additional US ports of entry, after halting shipments last year in an
October 20, 2026Netflix, which announced layoff plans last week, posted a third-quarter profit above Wall Street’s expectations
October 20, 2026The U.S. government has certified Boeing’s 737 Max 10 airliner for passenger service after years of delays
October 20, 2026US stocks rose on Tuesday, shrugging off global weakness earlier in the day as oil prices pulled back sharply from six-month highs, a reversal
October 20, 2026Iran has not received a response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas
October 20, 2026Alaska Air Group on Tuesday forecast a bigger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss as soaring fuel costs continued to squeeze its profits despite strong travel demand and
October 20, 2026The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates in December to 1.50%, following June and September increases, according to a majority of economists in a
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